46:16 - fixed, i can get up most of the hills around here....except the ones that are stupid steep...like you can only get up them in 1st gear in a car - steep.
if youre riding mostly flat, you could easily do 52:16, my brother has that on his SS and it moves. but it depends how your riding...city riding has lots of stop and go, so even if its flat...super high gearing isnt optimal because of acceleration...of course if you want to do long rides...you dont want to be spinning the whole time with a lower gear
46/17 fixed. 46/19 ss. The ss is geared lower than the fixed because the ss will see some hilly 50 milers now and then. The fixed is just a toy for cruising around the city and going in circles backwards.
Once again, everyone is much more macho in their gear choices than I am. I like 42x16 or 44x18. Works really well for the stop and go and the steep hills of San Francisco.
Once again, everyone is much more macho in their gear choices than I am. I like 42x16 or 44x18. Works really well for the stop and go and the steep hills of San Francisco.
Once again, everyone is much more macho in their gear choices than I am. I like 42x16 or 44x18. Works really well for the stop and go and the steep hills of San Francisco.
48X18 in the Southern Appalachians. I find myself occasionally wishing for something larger on some of the flatter stuff (especially when riding with "roadies") but we have a lot of short steep stuff and some sustained (6-10 miles long) climbs that average 6-10% with some steep spikes and it works out pretty good for here.
Fixed I generally run 39x15, single-speed something a bit bigger depending on the terrain. As a tip the 39 is a great tooth count because you can use your "worn-out" road ring and flip it and you're good to go. I've been riding that gear size all over the PacNW for 20 years, and I'm getting ready roll it here in PA in sub-freezing weather.
If you really want to man up I've got 130 bcd Paragon 60 and 62 tooth chainrings in the bin. I think I've got a Campy 56 tooth around also. Also a NIB 10 tooth TNT cog on the coffee table.
53x11 = 126.6" gear
62x10 = 162.9" gear
Bah... running a 64 tooth Paragon here (26 in the back though)
I just have this setup on my commuter which works great for stop and go plus I always wanted to use that monster ring on something. Gets a lot of fun reactions before the actual gear inch is figured out.
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